Mitchell Hoof turns innings around but Worfield hang on

The 1st XI completed the first half of the season with a winning draw at home against Worfield. Batting first, St.Georges had a disastrous start, being 12/4 at one stage. The innings was rescued thanks mainly to a superb knock of 87 not out by teenager Mitchell Hoof. He was supported by Anuj Chandla (24), Chris Waldron (30), Fraser Watson (15) and Hitshu Bachani(26no) to enable us to post a reasonable total of 216/7. Ben Byram(3/56) and HitshuBachani(4/22) made early inroads into the Worfield batting, but Manny Singh(68) and George Burt(38) put together a good partnership and then James Parker and Brett Oliver hung on at the end to stop St.Georges getting all the points. The 2nd XI faced a challenging target after Worfield made 252 all out, with Luke James, Dave Pope and Sam Morgan getting 3 wickets each. Avi Mathur then savaged the Worfield bowling for 130 and Lewis Sedgley made 68 not out and the target was reached with thirteen overs to spare for a six wicket win. The 3rd XI had to accept defeat for the first time this season as they were soundly thrashed by Church Aston. Gurjeet Saini made 97 out of a Church Aston total of 238. Gurjeet then took 5/9 to decimate the St.Georges batting and we lost by 170 runs. Another win for our 4th XI at home against Cound 3rd XI. Opener Dave Chesters made a solid start with 43 and later keeper Kareem Zaman hit a brilliant 83 not out to take us to 231/9. We then bowled out Cound for 114 with Khurram Waris ending with figures of 4/17 in 8 overs.

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Did you know that St.Georges Cricket Club hosted the world's first ever international cricket match? ... Yes all right, it wasn't us. The match was held at St.Georges Cricket Club, Manhattan, New York in 1844 and was contested between USA and Canada.
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In a 1970s match against Oswestry at Church Street, Oswestry
achieved the rare feat of two hat-tricks during the Dragons' innings. Our longest serving member, Stan Higgins , was the non-striker throughout. Stranger still ..... St.Georges won the match .. it's true!

Sir Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest legends in the history of the game, once signed as a St.Georges player. He was never selected though (we had a lot of left handers that year) .. it's true!

Although Sobers did it first, Avi Mathur, batting for St.Georges 3rd XI at Church Street once hit six sixes in an over...
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The scorebox at Lilleshall Cricket Club once stood at St.Georges, where the nets now are..
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Before St.Georges Cricket Club was formally constituted in 1922, the club was known as St.Georges Bible Class C.C. ....
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In the 1980s, when overseas players first began to appear in Shropshire cricket, St.Georges considered signing a promising young West Indian batsman. In the end, the club decided he lacked sufficient experience to fulfill the role. His name was B.C. Lara .. it's true!

St.Georges once fielded an Under 16 team which contained four pairs of brothers, including two pairs of twins ... it's true!

Paul Smart, club groundsman and long-suffering Wolves fan, once hit Shoahib Ahktar, then the fastest chucker bowler in the world, for six in a Birmingham League match.

(OK, that one's not true - he got Snork out for a duck)

Occasional 4th team player "Dogged" Dave Smith batted for 16 overs for nought not out on the last day of the 2012 season ... it's true!